Cranial pilomatricoma: a diagnosis to consider

Pilomatricomas are benign tumors of the hair follicle that occur frequently in the scalp region. They occur most often in children. We describe a case of pilomatricoma in a teenager, referred to neurosurgery for excision. This diagnosis should be considered in the workup of scalp lesions, and this c...

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Published inChild's nervous system Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 821 - 824
Main Authors Lane, Jessica R., Cochran, Eric, Akbari, Syed Hassan A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2023
Subjects
Adolescent
Case Report
Child
Hair Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Hair Diseases - surgery
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurosciences
Neurosurgery
Pilomatrixoma - diagnostic imaging
Pilomatrixoma - surgery
Scalp - pathology
Skin Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Skin Neoplasms - surgery
Skull - pathology
Pilomatricoma
Benign growth
Cranial lesion
Scalp tumor
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Summary:Pilomatricomas are benign tumors of the hair follicle that occur frequently in the scalp region. They occur most often in children. We describe a case of pilomatricoma in a teenager, referred to neurosurgery for excision. This diagnosis should be considered in the workup of scalp lesions, and this case report should serve to draw attention to this entity.
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ISSN:0256-7040
1433-0350
DOI:10.1007/s00381-022-05716-z